Yard Assistant

7 months ago


York, United Kingdom Jewson Full time

We have a great opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic **Yard Assistant **to join our team at **Jewson York, Kettlestring Road (YO30 4XF)**

This role is working with **Jewson** as part of the **STARK Group.** We are a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe. We connect suppliers of heavy building materials with the professional craftspeople who build, renovate, and maintain the cities of tomorrow.
- **Is this role right for me?**_

As a **Yard Assistant**, your role will be essential to keeping our branch and yard running smoothly. From serving our customers in the yard to loading vehicles ready for delivery, and from monitoring stock to growing our sales on the trade counter, you’ll be at the heart of our operations. If you love working with people, you’re a good listener and you enjoy working in a varied role, then this could be a great opportunity for you to join our team

If you are
- Looking for a busy and active role
- Happy working in an outdoor environment (with full workwear provided)
- Happy with manual handling of our building materials
- Customer focussed and approachable

then we’d love to hear from you

**Hours of Work**:Full time and permanent position - Monday-Friday 7:30am-5pm and every 2nd Saturday 8am-12pm.
- **So, what will you be doing?**_

As a **Yard Assistant** you will have one of the most important roles within the branch network. You will regularly be the first and last point of contact for customers visiting the branch, so you play a huge part in delivering a fantastic customer experience as well as promoting and maximising sales.

Your day-to-day duties will include:

- Welcome customers to the branch and take an active interest in their projects
- Get to know our product lines so you can offer help and advice
- Help to pick and pack customer orders
- Load/unload customer and supplier vehicles using a forklift to minimise manual handling
- Check incoming deliveries and report missing or damaged products
- Maintain stock levels in both the shop and yard areas, carrying out regular stock counts
- Keep the branch looking clean and tidy and make Health & Safety a priority
- **What will we offer you?**_

STARK Group are pleased to offer you:

- A competitive salary
- A discretionary bonus scheme
- Opportunities for career progression and development
- 31 days' holiday (including bank holidays), plus the option to buy or sell additional days
- A defined contribution pension scheme
- Great discounts across high street chains, online stores and holiday agents
- STARK Life Assurance Scheme
- Access to a leading health and wellbeing portal
- **Are Jewson and STARK Group inclusive employers?**_

At **STARK Group**, we have a strong culture that is built on passionate and dedicated people who thrive in taking responsibility and challenging status quo. We are convinced that our continued success relies on the diverse skills, experiences, and backgrounds that our employees bring to their everyday work.

The value of equal opportunity is embedded in the way we do business and retain talent groupwide. In our commitment to diversity, we welcome everyone with respect and an open mind.

**We'd love to hear from you Hit apply, and a member of our Internal Recruitment team will be in contact with you.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- York, YO30 4XF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application question(s):
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: STK01213



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